South Africa

Pretoria - Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has urged communities to desist from engaging in illegal mining activities.

Pretoria - North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has welcomed the announcement that the five-month-long strike in the platinum sector has ended, with workers due to resume their duties on Wednesday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has received a request for special leave from Advocate Pansy Tlakula, the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).

Pretoria - Power supply for tonight is expected to be tight due to higher demand with the colder weather conditions, power utility Eskom said on Monday.

Johannesburg – While Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital still has its problems, the hospital’s CEO says progress is being made to turn the situation around.

Johannesburg – The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority says it expects Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Project to be completed by mid-2023.

Pretoria - Teachers in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape have successfully graduated after completing an ICT course on using tablets to improve teaching and learning at their schools.

Pretoria - More than R7 billion will be spent on conditional grants for provinces to support about 435 000 subsistence and 54 500 smallholder farmers.

Pretoria - South African companies will for the first time participate in the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair, in Tanzania, this week.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will this week lead the South African delegation to the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the Presidency said on Sunday.

Johannesburg – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says in order to grow the economy and create jobs, it is important that the private sector invests more in the economy than it currently does.

Pretoria – Limpopo Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Fanie Masemola, has welcomed the sentences handed out to two rapists and a murderer in the provincial courts on Friday.

Cape Town - The media fraternity has welcomed an announcement by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa that the remains of veteran journalist Nat Nakasa will be repatriated from the United States for reburial at home.

Pretoria – The Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, says South African youth must make the most of the opportunities that democracy has made available to them.

Pretoria – The Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Jacob Mamabolo, has met with three community groups to resolve matters raised during the election campaign.